Fabrication of poly(lactic acid)/graphene oxide foams with highly oriented and elongated cell structure via unidirectional foaming using supercritical carbon dioxide

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 758-768

  Kuang, Tai Rong ^a   Mi, Hao Yang ^a   Fu, Da Jiong ^a   Jing, Xin ^a   Chen, Bin Yi ^a   Mou, Wen Jie ^a   Peng, Xiang Fang ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOWING AGENTS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; FOAMS; GRAPHENE; LACTIC ACID; NANOCOMPOSITES; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION; VISCOSITY;

ABSORPTION ABILITIES; ABSORPTION PROPERTY; COMPLEX VISCOSITY; MATRIX VISCOSITY; POLY LACTIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACIDS; SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDES; SUPERCRITICAL CO;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84921633161     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie503434q     Document Type: Article

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